Rural Municipality · Mustang District
Gharpajhong
घरपझोङ गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Mustang District, Gandaki Province, one of 5 local governments there.NP0445404
Population
3,712
2021
Households
1,127
20213.29 people each
Area
317 km²
12 per km²
Literacy
81.5%
202133rd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
3,712
National Statistics Office
1,769 women, 1,943 men — 47.7% female. 25.7% of Mustang.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
81.5%
Population aged 5 and over
5.3 pp above the national figure · 33rd of 460.
87.8% of men, 74.6% of women — a 13.2-point gap.
81.5%
Gharpajhong
75.1%
Mustang
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Gharpajhong 81.5%, Mustang 75.1%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Gharpajhong marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write81.5%
- Cannot read or write16.2%
- Can read only2.2%
- Not stated0.0%
3,439 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 2,804 | 1,218 | 1,586 |
| Cannot read or write | 558 | 367 | 191 |
| Can read only | 76 | 48 | 28 |
| Not stated | 1 | 0 | 1 |
In context
Where Gharpajhong sits among the 5 local governments of Mustang. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Literacy rate
41.3%–85.8%
One order throughout, set by population, so a mark out of step ranks differently on that measure. Counts are bars from zero; rates are dots on a trimmed axis, because a rate is not additive and its spread matters more than its distance from nothing.
View all 5 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gharpajhong | rural municipality | 3,712 | 1,127 | 81.5% |
| Thasang | rural municipality | 2,856 | 832 | 77.7% |
| Varagung Muktichhetra | rural municipality | 2,036 | 723 | 60.2% |
| Lomanthang | rural municipality | 1,430 | 488 | 47.1% |
| Lo Ghekar Damodarkunda | rural municipality | 1,292 | 436 | 45.6% |
Sources and coverage
- Nepal — Subnational Population StatisticsUnited Nations Population Fundcc-by-igo-3.0
- Nepal — National Population and Housing Census 2021National Statistics Officenso-official-statistics
Measures such as gdp per capita, life expectancy at birth, and under-5 mortality rate are published for Nepal as a whole and are not broken down to this level by their source, so they have no section here. All indicators and their coverage →